Massapequa celebrates Little League Softball World Series championship
For the first time ever, a team from New York state took home the Little League Softball World Series crown. And it hails from Massapequa. The Long Island Advocate’s Yaw Bonsu reports.
A pro wrestling champ receives the key to Oyster Bay
By Yaw Bonsu Decked out in a classic two-piece suit, popped dress shirt collar and one of his 55 Burberry scarves, one of professional wrestling’s rising stars made his way home to Long Island on Tuesday. “Ladies and gentlemen, just in case you are deaf, dumb, blind, stupid or poor, my name is Maxwell Jacob […]
Northport gym offers a very special boxing program
New York Fitness Boxing is not your average boxing gym. It provides a special needs program to give boxers newfound confidence. Yaw Bonsu reports.
Plainview-Old Bethpage sophomore is gymnastics champ
After a season of redemption, Plainview Old-Bethpage sophomore Marisa Schlossman is now the 2023 Nassau County All-Around gymnastics champion. She now turns her attention to the state finals in Buffalo. Yaw Bonsu reports.
Long Island girls take to the wrestling mats
New York State sanctioned girls’ wrestling this winter, paving the way for full girls wrestling teams for the first time. Enter the Town of Huntington’s first-ever girls wrestling squad, made up of athletes from Walt Whitman, Huntington, Harborfields and John Glenn high schools. Yaw Bonsu reports.
Brooklyn Nets team up with Reform Alliance to aid formerly incarcerated
By Yaw Bonsu The Brooklyn Nets recently partnered with Reform Alliance to host an event encouraging prison reform. Special guests included Cordae, LaLa Anthony and Meek Mill, among others. The Nets gave a VIP experience for children whose mothers were impacted negatively by the criminal justice system. The experience included a tour of the Barclays Center, […]
On the run with Miss Teen Long Island
Natalia Souza, a Hofstra University freshman from Valley Stream, was one of 10 18-year-old women to run the New York City Marathon, putting her in an exclusive class. That soon became a class of one when Souza turned around only two weeks after the race to prepare for the Miss Long Island Teen pageant — […]
Gloves are back on for Long Island Fight for Charity
By Amelia Sack The Long Island Fight for Charity returned Sept. 15 for the first time since before the coronavirus pandemic erupted in March 2020. Cheering and laughter filled the room as attendees enjoyed an evening full of food, conversation and, of course, the main event — boxing. A news release on the event read, […]
East Meadow’s League of Yes reaches out to baseball players with disabilities
The League of Yes is an East Meadow-based baseball league designed for people of all ages with disabilities. Players are paired up with buddies who assist them with batting, running the bases and playing the field. The league recently had some special guests serve as buddies: members of the St. John’s University baseball squad. There […]
Massapequa Coast Little League team honored with parade
By Yaw Bonsu The summer of champions is not done yet. Massapequa Little League supporters crowded the streets to celebrate not one, not two, but three Little League state championship teams across baseball and softball. Park Boulevard in Massapequa was the epicenter of the celebration hosted by Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino and […]
Isles fans hope Elmont LIRR station will be fully operational by 2022-23 season
By James Beale On Nov. 16 last year, the first new Long Island Rail Road Station in 50 years opened in Elmont, in large part to provide service for the recently opened, $1.1 billion UBS Arena at Belmont, now home to the New York Islanders. Sparky, the Islanders’ blue-and-orange dragon mascot, awaited the eastbound train […]
N.Y. Soccer Latin Academy scores big with kids
By Scott Brinton The soccer players, all 10- and 11-year-old members of the Panteras, or Panthers, started to assemble in a semi-straight line in front of the net before 5 p.m. for their 5:30 practice on a recent Thursday, firing furious shots on goal, conversing at breakneck pace in Spanish and occasionally screaming in delight […]